Glove



Sept. 22; 1925. 1,554,197

c. T. ,BROETLER GLOVE Filed July 14. 1924 Patented Sept. 22, 1925.

CHARLES T. BROETLER,

FICE.

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GLOVE.

Application filed July 14,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES T. BROET- LER, a. citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and-useful Improvements in Gloves, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such. as will enable others skilled in the art tomake and use the same.

My present invention relates generally to gloves having separate patterns for the wrist or the gauntlet portions. ()ne of the principal objects of my invention is to provide a glove which, when finished, will'ha've no seams upon its side edges and which will have the edges of the pattern joined together at the back of the structure so as to present a smooth palm and side portions. It is also an object of my invention to provide a novel manner of joining the edges or" the pattern together so as to present an artistic and attractive appearance. A further object resides in providing a glove of the gauntlet type that may be fabricated from two pieces of material and so joined that a neat fit of the glove is obtained. In carrying out my invention I provide a glove that is formed with a single seam, which seam is not in the form of a straight line but of a Zig-zag or wavy undulatingline, and the line or row of stitching which joins the adjacent edges of the pattern may be continued in a reversed direction to provide an ornamental design upon the back of the glove. The gauntlet or wrist portion is attached to the body of the glove in a novel manner by a single seam and without seams upon its side edges.

I prefer to accomplish the before-men tioned objects and to carry out my invention in substantially the manner hereinafter fully described and as more particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being here made to the accompanying drawings that form a which: 1

Figure 1 is a plan of the pattern or blank of the main or hand portion of the glove.

Figure 2 is a plan of the gauntlet or wrist portion of the glove.

Figure 3 is a plan of the assembled glove looking at the same from the back.

Fig. 4 is a plan of the assembled glove looking at the alm side of the same with the thumb detac ed.

In the drawings, Ihave shown a typical part of this specification, in

1924. Serial No. 725,867.

or preferred embodiment of my invention, and throughout the figures I have employed the same reference characters to designate similar parts wherever the same occur.

Referring to the drawings, 5 designates the body or hand pattern, and 6 the gauntlet or wrist pattern. The hand pattern, as seen in Figure 1, is of substantially rectangular shape and provided with a plurality of longitudinally extending slits 7, preferably three in number, in the central portion and extending inwardly from the upper edge of the pattern as laid out in Figure 1. The short slit 8 extends inwardly from the opposite edge of the pattern, preferablyin alinement with the central slit above referred to. Equidistant from the center slits, and a corresponding distance from the end edgesof the pattern, I fold the blank along the broken lines 99 so that the folds and the central seams divide the pattern into four equal partsin other words the portions outside the folds are approximately one-fourth the width of the pattern. The portions intermediate the folds 9 and the adjacent outside edges of the pattern are provided 'with slits 10, parallel with the slits 7 heretofore mentioned, and which terminate in substantially the same plane. The edgesof the pattern are substantially parallel with each other and with the slits 7 and 10, and are straight edges throughout the length of said slits, which is approximately one-half the length of the hand pattern. Below these straight portions the edges are cut in wavy or undulating lines 11 and 12, the said lines being counterparts, so as to interfit with each other when the pattern has been folded along the broken lines 9 for assembly, as before indicated. In other words, the undulating line 11 at the rightof Fig. 1 outs first into the pattern and then extends outwardly beyond the plane of the adjacent straight portionand then curves around and back into the pattern again, and so on to the lower edge; the waves decreasing in depth towards the wrist edge; and the undulating line '12 at the left of Fig. 1 begins with a curve that extends outwardly beyond the straight edge of the pattern and then curves around and cuts into the pattern in the manner shown. When these curves or undulating edges are brought together, they will fit into each other, and the stitching of a herring bone or chain type can be used to join the same in the manner shown in Figure 8 of the drawings. After the i'nt-erfitting edges have been joined the stitching is continued in a reversed direction so as to; forman orn-ar rnental design upon the back of the glove which is in the form of the usual embroidery placed upon gloves of this character.

The lower edge of the pattern 5 is cut with oppositely extending compound or irregular curves 13 and l lewhich meet at the central slit 8 so as to provide an inwardly tapered recess 15, the apex of which is at the outer end of slit 8. A suitable thumb opening 16 is formed in the adja cent portion of the body pattern 5 between the short slit 8 and either the right or left fold 9. i

Theportion of the pattern for forming the gauntlet or wrist 6 is preferably of the same width as the main or hand portion 5 and is illustrated in detailin Figure 2 of the drawings, and the same is preferably folded intermediate its sides along the broken lines 18, corresponding with the lines 9 in the main portion of the pattern. As seen in Figure 2, the edge of the gauntlet pattern 6 which joins the main orbody portion has its adjacent edge out in a curve the reverse of the curvature of the adjacent edges of the body pattern and to clearly illustrate this the gauntlet pattern has been ofi'set so as to bring the interfitting leftportion of the gauntlet into alinement with the right portion of the hand of the glove. The curves of this edge of thegauntlet pattern meet centrally thereof in an apex 19 that extends up into the back of the glove and meets the undulating curve of the edge of the hand pattern, while at the end edges the curve extends upwardly againto provide the spaced apices 17, 17, that enter and fit the inwardly tapered recess 15 of the hand pattern. The opposite edge of the gauntlet pattern may be formed in any artistic manner by sc-alloping or hemming in the customary manner. The chain or herring bone embroidery which is employed on the back of the glove to join the side edges of the hand pattern may be continued along the seam which joins the gauntlet to said hand portion. In the fabrication of the glove made from the patterns herein disclosed it will be noted that no seams will occur along the outer edges of the finished glove and the back of the glove, which has upon it the embroidered undulating seam,

will; be artistic and attractive to the eye. It will also be noted that the short slit 8 in the body pattern will register with the edges 20' and 21 of the gauntlet pattern when the structure is assembled so that the latter edges form a continuation of the slit into the gauntlet or wrist portion, as seen in Fig. 4: of the drawings, and any manner of detachably securing these edges may be utilized, such as the stud and socket fastener or button and button hole, or any other well known and desirable device.

While I have herein illustrated and described the specific manner of carrying out my invention, it will be obvious to others that divers modifications thereof ma be made without materially departing rem the principles I have herein disclosed, and I therefore. desire it understood that all such changes or modifications are fully contemplated as coming within the scope of my invention as expressed in the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A glove pat-tern comprising a blank which is slitted along one edge to provide fingers, the edges ofsaid blank transverse to the slitted edge being provided with undulating curves of gradually decreasing depth, the curves upon the transverse edges being reversed with respect to each other whereby the curves interfit when said pat,- tern is folded upon itself parallel with the slits and with the undulating curves at the back of the glove.

2. A glove pattern comprising a blank provided with finger slits extending -in-- wardly from one edge, and portions of the edges of the blank transverse to the slitted edge being formed with counterpart undulated curves that gradually decrease in depth.

3. A glove comprising a blank having its side edges cut on undulating curves to produce interfitting projections, a sinuous line of stitching connecting the side edges of the glovd blank and following the undulating curves and forming a seam extending in smooth waves on opposite sides of a medial line and a second line of stitching formed on a curved line with waves alternatingwith those of the seam and extending in opposite directions to form a symmetrical design. 1 i

Signed at Chicago, county of, Cook and State of Illinois, this 10th day of June 1924.

CHARLES T. BROETLE'R. 

